Quit bastardizing rulings, scripture to suit needs

9:45 AM,
Apr. 21, 2014

Rohr

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Tim Rohr

Gays and lesbians deserve a better defense than incomplete sentences. In the much clung-to phrase "Marriage is one of the basic civil rights of man," as found in Loving v. Virginia, same-sex marriage advocates consistently neglect to finish the sentence.

The rest of the sentence reads: "fundamental to our very existence and survival." Obviously, existence and survival can only mean one thing, and you probably don't need to be told what it is.

Thus the Loving decision did not change the fundamental meaning of marriage; rather it affirmed its essential procreative nature and protected it ...